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Gift Guide: The Movie of the Book

Five page-turners for the film fan in your life who wants the whole story

by Richard Whittaker December 7, 2023September 30, 2025

Arts

Lit-urday: Slade House

David Mitchell lights up a compelling Joss shtick.

by W. A. Brenner October 31, 2015December 24, 2025

Arts

‘Forgive Me: A Novel’

An excerpt

by Amanda Eyre Ward June 15, 2007September 30, 2025

Arts

Skewed Expectations

Alex Espinoza on ‘Still Water Saints’

by Belinda Acosta March 1, 2007September 30, 2025

Arts

Readings

Unfortunately, Norman Mailer is more a journalist than he is a novelist, more a student of humanity than a creator of lives

by Josh Rosenblatt February 16, 2007September 30, 2025

Arts

It also takes a certain kind of person to live on in the memories of the former townspeople, and since much of Michelle Slatalla’s research was conducted in interviews, only the most extraordinary stories survive

by Jess Sauer September 15, 2006September 30, 2025

Arts

Readings

As friends and foes, they forged the most ferocious rivalry in midcentury American sports, and in the process turned a struggling, ragtag National Basketball Association into a thriving sports empire